How does your campus housing program measure up?

Today, more than ever, campus housing operations are being asked to provide concrete and quantifiable evidence of their work. The ability to successfully assess and benchmark a program's efforts has become a must-have.

ACUHO-I supports these efforts through a number of programs. The ACUHO-I Assessment Committee serves as a resource for all campus assessment solutions whether they are third-party or homegrown systems. ACUHO-I offers the ACUHO-I Certificate In Housing Assessment. Also, the association also partners with Educational Benchmarking, Inc. and the NASPA Assessment & Knowledge Consortium to provide services for campus housing programs. Users-groups for each of these platforms are available as well.

Regardless of what system you utilize, assessment is a valuable process that will provide the  knowledge necessary to focus time and resources where they will be most beneficial.

ACUHO-I partners with Educational Benchmarking, Inc. (EBI) to provide the premier benchmarking services in the profession. Assessments are based on ACUHO-I/CAS professional standards, and they give insight into your program from the perspective of the people who matter most: your residents and your resident assistants.

Hundreds of college and university housing officials are already benefiting from EBI benchmarking assessments. Click here to learn more, or contact Glenn Skaggs, Assessment Director, at gskaggs@webebi.com or at 417.429.4530.

Read a letter from the ACUHO-I president, detailing the benefits of assessments and benchmarking. You can also learn more about ACUHO-I/EBI assessments in the following areas:

• ACUHO-I / EBI Resident Assessment
  
• ACUHO-I / EBI Student Staff Assessment
  
• ACUHO-I / EBI Apartment Assessment

ACUHO-I partners with the NASPA Assessment & Knowledge Consortium to conduct the ACUHO-I Campus Housing Operational Survey. Powered by Campus Labs, the completed survey will be one of the most comprehensive overviews ever presented of campus housing. Click here to view a guide to the project.

The Campus Housing Operational Survey is open November 16, 2011 - March 16, 2012. Compiling this information will require the cooperation of many campus housing organizations like yours. It also will require a significant investment of time and, likely, the work of multiple individuals within your organization. However this investment will be returned many times over. Campuses that complete the survey and subscribe with Campus Labs will be able to analyze their results and benchmark them against all other campuses. ACUHO-I members will be eligible for discounts on data analysis. We also are offering reduced rates for smaller housing operations to make this valuable resource accessible to as many campuses as possible.

View the slides from a presentation Campus Labs hosted at the 2011 ACUHO-I Annual Conference & Exposition.

Learn more about the survey and view a list of frequently asked questions about the survey here. You may also find more information on the Campus Labs website here.